222 best action movies of all time – the untapped list 2014!

Updates: 02/19/2015

Watching movie is one of the most common hobbies of people all over the world. The benefits of watching movies are immense. Watching movie is among the best ways to relax that everyone can make use of at home or in the movie theater. This makes you feel scared, excited, emotional and happy after hard-working days. One of the most common and enjoyable types of films is action.

Best Action Movies Of All Time – Top 100 Most Entertaining Movies:

We can wonder: how many of the film industry’s brand new “adrenaline rushes” will stand over time? As you will see on the following list of the 100 best action movies of all time, they are all the most enjoyable and entertaining movies that are combined in an entire list. “Walk” through my entire list and choose which action movie that is available online can impress you.

1. Sorcerer – 1977:

The first out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 people should not miss is sorcerer.

The killer scene: The rickety bridge sequence is the most intense, relentless and, according its director, difficult scene he ever shot.

Best quote: “You wanna pick your nose in this truck, you better clear it with me first.”

Cast:Francisco Rabal, Bruno Cremer, Roy Scheider

Director:William Friedkin

2. Duel To The Death – 1983:

The killer scene: Shaolin monk versus giant ninja

Best quote: “You can’t kill us all!”

Cast: Eddy Ko, Damian Lau, Norman Chu

Director: Ching Siu-tung

3. Bullet In The Head – 1990:

The killer scene: A nightclub robbery that’s excessive even by John Woo standards

Best quote: “As long as we have guns, the world is ours.”

Cast: Waise Lee, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung

Director: John Woo

4. 13 Assassins – 2010:

The killer scene: The final half hour, a glorious catharsis of Shaw-brothers–style action that deserves comparison to Seven Samurai

Best quote: “I shall accomplish your task magnificently.”

Cast: Yûsuke Iseya, Takayuki Yamada, Kôji Yakusho

Director:Takashi Miike

This is also another out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 for people who love action movies.

5. Miami Vice – 2006:

The killer scene: Sonny and Isabella ride the speedboat to Cuba.

Best quote: “I take you to the best place for mojitos.”

Cast: Gong Li, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell

Director: Michael Mann

6. Shiri – 1999:

The killer scene: A Mexican standoff that will break your heart

Best quote: “Ever seen parents eating the flesh of their own children? With your Coke and hamburgers, you wouldn’t know!”

Cast: Kim Yun-Jin, Choi Min-sik, Han Suk-Kyu

Director:Kang Je-Gyu

7. Romancing The Stone – 1984:

The killer scene: The car chase, during which Armand Assante’s smirking drug trafficker takes our heroes on a tour of his remote village (“My father planted that tree!”)

Best quote: “Look at those snappers, Ralph!”

Cast: Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner

Director: Robert Zemeckis

This is also one of best action movies of all time 2014 that people should try!

8. Lone Wolf And Cub 2: Baby Cart At The River Styx – 1972:

The killer scene: Three women demonstrate their ninja-carving skills.

Best quote: “When I was little, my father was famous. He was the greatest samurai in the empire, and he was the shogun’s decapitator.”

Cast: Kayo Matsuo, Akihiro Tomikawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama

Director:Kenji Misumi

9. War – 2007:

The killer scene: Rogue reveals his true identity.

Best quote: “My gun’s bigger than yours.”

Cast: John Lone, Jason Statham, Jet Li

Director: Philip G. Atwell

10. Armour Of God – 1986:

The killer scene: None of it is done with computers. Jackie leaps from (actually an airplane) a high cave mouth, landing on (hundreds of feet in the sky) a hot-air balloon.

Best quote: “I believe in a powerful religion. The name of my god is money.”

Cast: Rosamund Kwan, Alan Tam, Jackie Chan

Directors:Jackie Chan and Eric Tsang

11. The Legend – 1993:

The killer scene: A fight on a tower turns into combat on the heads and shoulders of the spectators.

Best quote: “Don’t worry, Mom’s here!”

Cast: Zhao Wen-zhou, Josephine Siao Fong-fong , Jet Li

Director: Corey Yuen Kwai

12. Scarface – 1983:

The killer scene: Tony Montana goes out with a bang.

Best quote: “Say hello to my little friend!”

Cast: Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino

Director: Brian De Palma

13. The Magnificent Seven – 1960:

The killer scene: James Coburn’s knife-slinging cowboy gets called out by a cocky gunman—guess who prevails in the showdown?

44. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – 2000:

The killer scene: The breathtaking dance to the death 60 feet high up in a bamboo forest

Best quote: “A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands.”

Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh

Director: Ang Lee

45. Commando – 1985:

The killer scene: A shopping mall bust-up is a scenery-smashing action scene for the ages.

Best quote: “I lied.”

Cast: Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Director: Mark L. Lester

46. Point Break

The killer scene: As Simon Pegg once accurately enthused, “the greatest foot chase in film history,” Reeves pursuing Swayze through the backstreets of L.A.

Best quote: “Back off, Warchild. Seriously.”

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

This is perhaps the most philosophical heist/surfing movie that you ever see. It is one of the few movies that thrive on frenetic thrills yet arguably gives you the sense that you might actually learn something if you paid a little closer attention.

Point Break sees Keanu Reeves as undercover FBI agent Johnny Utah and Patrick Swayze as Bodhi, who leads of the bank-robbing “Ex Presidents”. What you will watch is a rollercoaster ride as the sky-dive and pair surf while playing the ultimate cat-and-mouse game with many gunfights and foot chases along the way.

47. Hellboy

Published year: 2004. Duration: 122 minutes

Hellboy is also considered one out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 that people should never miss out! This movie tells a story about a demon, who raised from infancy after being found and rescued from the Nazis. Then, he grows up and becomes a defender against the darkness forces.

48. Gamer

Published year: 2009. Duration: 95 minutes

In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to struggle with a special “doom” environment. Kable, a convict who is controlled by Simon, is a skillful teenage gamer. He has to pass through 30 sessions to achieve freedom.

49. Top Gun

Published year: 1986. Duration: 110 minutes

While students at the Navy's elite fighter weapons school is competing in the class to be the best, a young flyer dares learning a few things that are not taught in the class from a civilian instructor.

50. Alien

Published year: 1979. Duration: 177 minutes

Stars: Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver

Director: Ridley Scott

Another out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 is Alien. The commercial vessel Nostromo received a distress sign from an unexplored planet. The crew heads home after searching for survivors just to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them.

51. Predators

Published year: 2010. Duration: 107 minutes

Stars: Alice Braga, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Adrien Brody

Director: Nimród Antal

An elite warriors group is hunted by members of a merciless alien race named “Predators”.

52. Zombieland

Published year: 2009. Duration: 88 minutes

Stars: Abigail Breslin, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg

Director: Ruben Fleischer

This is also one out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 you will ever see. Zombieland tells a story about a pair of sisters tries to enter an amusement park and join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America, a gun-toting tough guy tries to find the Last Twinkie, and a timid student tries to find his family in Ohio.

53. War Horse

Albert – a young man – enlists to serve in World War I after his horse-friend is sold to the cavalry. Albert goes on a journey with the hope of getting out of England and the front lines as the war rages on.

54. Pandorum

Published year: 2009. Duration: 108minutes

Stars: Antje Traue, Cam Gigandet, Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid

Director: Christian Alvart

A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wakes up without the awareness of their identities or their mission.

55. Surrogates – 2009

Published year: 2009. Duration: 89 minutes

Stars: Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames, Radha Mitchell, Bruce Willis

Director: Jonathan Mostow

This movie is about a future world scene, where human beings live in isolation, interacting through surrogate robots. For the first time in years, a cop is forced to leave home to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

56. The Incredible Hulk

Published year: 2008. Duration: 112 minutes

Stars: William Hurt, Tim Roth, Liv Tyler, Edward Norton

Director: Louis Leterrier

Due to a gamma ray experiment gone wrong, whenever Dr. Bruce Banner’s pulse rate gets too high, he will transform into a giant green-skinned hulk. Meanwhile, a soldier also makes use of this technology to turn into an evil version.

57 .Deja Vu

Published year: 2006. Duration: 126 minutes

Stars: Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel, Paula Patton, Denzel Washington

Director: Tony Scott

To save a woman from being murdered, an A.T.F. agent travels back in time and in this process, he falls in love with this woman. You should not miss this out because this is one of the best action movies of all time you will ever find.

58. The Island

A man has to run after discovering that he is a “harvestable being”, and he is kept as a source of replacement parts in a Utopian facility similar to many other people.

59. The Chronicles Of Riddick

Published year: 2004. Duration: 119 minutes

Stars: Thandie Newton, Colm Feore, Judi Dench, Vin Diesel

Director: David Twohy

Riddick – a wanted criminal arrives on a planet named “Helion Prime”, finding himself up against an invading empire named “The Necromongers” – an army that is planning to convert or kill everyone in the universe.

60. Pitch Black

Published year: 2000. Duration: 109 minutes

Stars: Keith David, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell

Director: David Twohy

A commercial transport ship and its crew land on a planet that is jam-packed by bloodthirsty creatures that just come out to feast at night. However, then they discover that a month-long eclipse is going to occur.

61. X-Men

Published year: 2000. Duration: 104 minutes

Stars: Famke Janssen, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart

Director: Bryan Singer

2 mutant creatures come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team has to fight against a terrorist organization with the same powers.

62. V For Vendetta

Published year: 2005. Duration: 132 minutes

Director: James McTeigue

Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea

A shadowy freedom fighter in a future British tyranny plots to overthrow it with a young woman’s help.

67. Iron Man

After a life-threatening incident, the wealthy industrialist Tony Stark has to build an armored suit. Finally, he decides to use the technology of this suit to fight against evils.

Director: Jon Favreau

68. Cheolgwon

Published year: 1973. Duration: 86 minutes

Stars: Jeong-hun Kim, Woo Wang, Il-bong Yun

Director: Il-ho Jang

A man is trapped by the Japan’s military police and executed on the spot to resist arrest. 20 years later, his son holds the mission of hunting down the executioners, who are now trading opium in Hong Kong. This is also one out of list of best action movies of all time 2014 that people should not miss!

69. Jing Wu Ying Xiong

Published year: 1994. Duration: 103 minutes

Stars: Billy Chow, Siu-Ho Chin, Shinobu Nakayama, Jet Li

Director: Gordon Chan

A Chinese martial artist comes back to Shanghai In 1937 to find his school harassed and his teacher’s dead by the Japanese.

70. Jui Kuen II

Published year: 1994. Duration: 102 minutes

Stars: Anita Mui, Lung Ti, Ho-Sung Pak, Jackie Chan

Director: Chia-Liang Liu

A young martial artist is stuck between barring a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts and respecting his pacifist father's wishes.

71. Beverly Hills Cop II

Published year: 1987. Duration: 100 minutes

Stars: Ronny Cox, Jürgen Prochnow, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy

Director: Tony Scott

Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogamil's near-fatal shooting and the series of “alphabet crimes” associated with it. This is also one out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 that people should try!

72. Beverly Hills Cop

Published year: 1984. Duration: 105 minutes

Director: Martin Brest

Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursues a murder investigation and finally finds himself dealing with the extremely different culture of Beverly Hills.

73. Swordfish

Published year: 2001. Duration: 89 minutes

Stars: Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, John Travolta

Director: Dominic Sena

A secret renegade counter-terrorist co-opts the world's greatest hacker (who is trying to stay clean) to steal billions in US Government dirty money.

74. Transporter 3

Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to take Valentina, an Ukranian government official’s daughter, who are kidnapped, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to dealt with thugs, who want to catch Valentina and not let his personal feelings get in the way of the dangerous objective.

75. Transporter 2

Published year: 2005. Duration: 87 minutes

Stars: Alessandro Gassman, Kate Nauta, Amber Valletta, Jason Statham

Director: Louis Leterrier

Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he is related to the kidnapping of a powerful USA official’s young son.

76. Transporter

Published year: 2002. Duration: 92 minutes

Stars: François Berléand, Matt Schulze, Qi Shu, Jason Statham

Director: Cory Yuen

This movie is about a man whose job is delivering packages unconditionally. Complications arise when he breaks those rules.

77. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Published year: 1966. Duration: 161 minutes

Stars: Aldo Giuffrè, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach, Clint Eastwood

Director: Sergio Leone

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

78. The Bourne Legacy

Published year: 2012. Duration: 135 minutes

Stars: Scott Glenn, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Renner

Director: Tony Gilroy

An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centering on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the 3 previous films

79. The A-Team

Published year: 2010. Duration: 117 minutes

Stars: Jessica Biel, Sharlto Copley, Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson

Director: Joe Carnahan

A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.

80. Platoon

Published year: 1986. Duration: 120minutes

Stars: Keith David, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen

Director: Oliver Stone

A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of the war and the duality of man.

81. Outlander

Published year: 2008. Duration: 115 minutes

Stars: Jack Huston, Ron Perlman, Sophia Myles, Jim Caviezel

Director: Howard McCain

During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan – a man from a crash lands on Earth, a far-off world, brings an alien predator called the Moorwen along with him. Although both the monster and the man are trying to revenge the violence committed against them, Kainan finally leads the alliance to kill Moorwen by fusing the Viking's Iron Age weaponry with his advanced technology.

82. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life

Published year: 2003. Duration: 117 minutes

Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Gerard Butler, Angelina Jolie

Director: Jan de Bont

Adventuress Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box before an evil scientist and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.

83. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Published year: 2001. Duration: 100 minutes

Stars: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor

Director: Simon West

Video game adventuress Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts. You should not miss this out because this is one of the best action movies of all time that is listed in many prestigious magazines worldwide.

84. King Kong

Published year: 2005. Duration: 187 minutes

Stars: Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Naomi Watts

Director: Peter Jackson

In New York 1933, an extremely ambitious film producer coerced his cast and hired a ship to travel to the mysterious Skull Island, where they meet Kong – a giant ape, who immediately felt in love with Ann Darrow – the female leader.

85. King Arthur

Published year: 2004. Duration: 126 minutes

Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane, Clive Owen

Director: Antoine Fuqua

A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

86. John Carter

Published year: 2012. Duration: 132 minutes

Stars: Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch

Director: Andrew Stanton

A civil war vet is transplanted to Mars and discovered a lush planet inhabited by the barbarians who are 12-foot tall. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he tries to escape, just to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.

87. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Published year: 2008. Duration: 122 minutes

Stars: Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford

Director: Steven Spielberg

Famous adventurer/ archaeologist – Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones – is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to discover the secrets behind mysterious artifacts called Crystal Skulls. This is also one of the best action movies of all time that you should not miss!

88. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

Published year: 1989. Duration: 127 minutes

Stars: Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford

Director: Steven Spielberg

When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. goes missing suddenly while pursuing the Holy Grail, the eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones has to follow his father's footsteps and fight against the Nazis.

89. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom

Published year: 1984. Duration: 118 minutes

Stars: Amrish Puri, Jonathan Ke Quan, Kate Capshaw, Harrison Ford

Director: Steven Spielberg

Indiana Jones is asked to find a mystical stone after arriving in India by a desperate village. He finally agreed, and stumbled upon a secret cult plotting a bad plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

90. Planet Of The Apes

Published year: 1968. Duration: 112 minutes

Stars: Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Charlton Heston

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent apes who can talk are the leading species and humans are the enslaved and oppressed.

91. Green Zone

Published year: 2010. Duration: 115 minutes

Stars: Igal Naor, Greg Kinnear, Jason Isaacs, Matt Damon

Director: Paul Greengrass

Discovering faulty and covert intelligence that causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Mass Destruction’s weapon in an unstable region

92. Dredd

Published year: 2012. Duration: 95 minutes

Stars: Rachel Wood, Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby, Karl Urban

Director: Pete Travis

In a futuristic, violent city where the police force has the authority to act as jury, judge, and executioners, a team of cops with a trainee to take down a gang deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO. This is also one out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 that people should not miss!

93. The Tournament

Published year: 2009. Duration: 95 minutes

Stars: Ian Somerhalder, Kelly Hu, Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames

Director: Scott Mann

Every 7 years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A royal battle of 30 of the world's deadliest assassins

94. Clash Of The Titans

Published year: 1981. Duration: 118 minutes

Stars: Maggie Smith, Claire Bloom, Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier

Director: Desmond Davis

This is a great movie adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both the Kraken and Medusa monster to save the princess Andromeda.

95. Troy

Published year: 2004. Duration: 163 minutes

Stars: Julian Glover, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brad Pitt

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the movie follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek chronicles and forces the fates of the men involved.

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist went to the large city and found himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

97. The Crow

Published year: 1994. Duration: 102 minutes

Stars: Ernie Hudson, Rochelle Davis, Michael Wincott, Brandon Lee

Director: Alex Proyas

A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of him and his fiancée's murder.

98. Star Wars

Published year: 1977. Duration: 121 minutes

Stars: Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill

Director: George Lucas

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a cocky pilot, a Jedi Knight, a wookiee and 2 droids to protect the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempt to rescue princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

Director: George P. Cosmatos
With a license plate that says “AWSOM 50” and an unlit match in his mouth, Stallone's Lt. Marion Cobretti keeps his badass cool in the fight against a serial killing the hippie cult named New World Order. They are like the Poochie – the Dog of evil.

100. Supercop

Stars: Yuen Wah, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Jackie Chan

Director: Stanley Tong
American audiences got the first dose of Hong Kong native Jackie Chan's comedic, lively take on martial arts in 1995, with the successful but ultimately uneven Rumble In The Bronx. However, it was not until Supercophits U.S. theaters in 1996 that stateside action fans were blessed with Jackie's true genius.

Director: Roland Emmerich
Before his steady decline into benevolent douchebaggery and thetan-purging, Will Smith took on a technologically superior alien race hellbent on blowing up iconic cities in a wonderful CGI bloat display.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
A high-school class got dropped on an island, where they need to kill and hunt each other until just one remains. So basically: regular high school, cracked skulls, and crossbows. This is also one out of the best action movies of all time 2014 that people should try!

Director: Brad Bird
There is actually a lot of movies with more explosions. However, Pixar managed to tell a nice story about a family of retired superheroes. It is a kick-ass movie which gives you lifelong fantasies starring Holly Hunter as the most flexible woman in the world.

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
This is a ground-breaking Japan’s anime movie, telling about a disgruntled biker gang reject who develops the ability to blow up the whole city by using the brain power, and unwittingly affects Kanye West's videos 20 years in the future.

105. Hard To Kill

Stars: Frederick Coffin, William Sadler, Kelly LeBrock, Steven Seagal

Director: Bruce Malmuth

The sleepy Aikido fighting style and a ponytail have never been so fierce. Bing in a coma by the corrupt cops who murdered his wife, a police detective woke up and exacted revenge the cops and the dirty politicians who pay them.

Director: John Woo
The beauty of movies like John Woo's classic Hard Boiled is that they are able to mask otherwise bored, seen-it-before schemes by simply blowing your minds in presentation. Chow Yun-fat stars at his best as a police officer who teamed up with a dirtier cop (Tony Leung) to avenge a partner's murder and “knock out” a gun-toting mobsters band.

107. The Professional

Stars: Danny Aiello, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Jean Reno

Director: Luc Besson

Best quote: “I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven.”

Speaking in a historical way, The Professional has remained in many movie circle discussions due to its previously unknown, at the time young star, Natalie Portman. Playing the extremely resilient and complicated Mathilda, Portman injected a 12-year-old character with the toughness, soul, and heart of a woman who is four times more than her real age.

108. The Delta Force

Stars: Martin Balsem, Lee Marvin, Chuck Norris

Director: Menahem Golan
Counter-terrorists infiltrate Beirut and rouse all sorts of insanity that are related to rocket launchers and motorcyles.

109. La Femme Nikita

Stars: Tcheky Karyo, Jean-Hughes Anglade, Anne Parilaud

Director: Luc Besson
This is a movie telling a story about a teenaged French girl who got strung out, shoot a cop, went to jail, got drugged, had her death faked, and was trained to act as a super-assassin. The content of this movie is even better than it sounds.

110. Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior

Stars: Pumwaree Yodkamol, Petchtai Wongkamiao, Tony Jaa

Director: Prachya Pinkaew
The most brutal martial arts movie EVAR brought Muy Thai style to the mainstream, thanks to Tony Jaa's death-defying stunts. This is also one out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 I release today!

Best quote: “Donald Duck’s down at the crossroads with a machine gun.”

Lee Marvin – the eternal curmudgeon – turns military misfits who are serving hard labor sentences or sitting on the edge of death – into a fighting force. Therefore, they can go on a brave death mission on vacation in Brittany during WWII – killing German high officers. Jim Brown vs. Nazis, Telly Savalas, and Charles Bronson = sublime chaos.

Director: Gareth Evans
In the age of CGI action-figure-inspired and overloaded blockbusters, nowadays moviemakers have mostly forgotten about the attraction and interest of simply watching guys use their bare hands to beat the shit out of each other.

115. Oldboy:

Stars: Kang Hye-jeong, Yu Ji-tae, Choi Min-sik,

Director: Park Chan-wook
This Korean moviemaker's 3rd revenge saga has so many “mind-fuck” moments that to call it “intense” is an understatement. That is also not even counting the illest plot twist because Old Boy pulled his schlong out in “the crying game”.

Director: Stephen Norrington
This is the 1st non-embarrassing black superhero movie which has the half-vampire, half-human on a mission of exterminating all last bloodsuckers on Earth with an arsenal of bitchin' weaponry-all while still hold his fade tight. You should not miss this out because this is one out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 you will ever find.

Director: George Miller
Mad Max strikes again. In post-apocalyptic Australia, a lonely former cop whose family was murdered protects honest subjects and their oil refinery from an evilbiker gang who wants to get their precious supply.

Director: Sam Peckinpah
An aging outlaw robbers group shoots it out with a warlord, bounty hunters, and the Mexican army in Peckinpah's bloody Western about the end of the former-west honor code and face the truth of ultra-violence.

Director: John Carpenter
Snake Plissken has 24 hours to rescue the president from the clutches of criminals who control Manhattan's sealed-off island prison. Unfortunately, this is not very separate from the way New York was in 1981.

Director: Newt Arnold
An American goes AWOL and heads to Hong Kong to compete in one of the super-secret underground martial-arts tournaments.

123. Shogun Assassin

Stars: Tomisaburo Wakayama

Director: Robert Houston
Aside is one of the most influential action movies in this list, Shogun Assassinhas one particular distinction that sets it apart from the pack: Director Robert Houston's unwell-known savage movie was once contained in the UK list of “video nasties,” which were the banned movies due to being extremely graphic, either gore wise or sexually. However, Shogun Assassin is still one of the best action movies of all time you will ever find.

Director: Mel Gibson
Another out of the best action movies of all time that I want to list down here is Braveheart. Mel Gibson's medieval period piece took home 5 Oscars, but it is no cinephile schlockfest – unless mass hangings and flaming arrows are your idea of high-brow fare.

125. Speed

Published year: 1994. Duration: 116 minutes

A young cop must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

126. Bad Boys

Published year: 1995. Duration: 118 minutes

Two hip detectives protect a murder witness while investigating a case of stolen heroine.

127. Salt

Published year: 2010. Duration: 100 minutes

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

128. Red

Published year: 2010. Duration: 111 minutes

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants. This is also one of the best action movies of all time that people should try.

129. Entrapment

Published year: 1999. Duration: 113 minutes

An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief. What is more? This is one of the best action movies of all time that you should try and discover yourself!

130. Fast & Furious

Published year: 2009. Duration: 107 minutes

Brian O'Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.

131. Gone In Sixty Seconds

Published year: 2000. Duration: 118 minutes

A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life.

132. Wanted

Published year: 2008. Duration: 110 minutes

A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.

133. National Treasure

Published year: 2004. Duration: 131 minutes

A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.

134. Rambo

Published year: 2008. Duration: 92 minutes

In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to hazard entering into war-torn Burma, and rescue a Christian aid workers group who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.

135. Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves

Published year: 1991. Duration: 143 minutes

When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw.

136. Assassins

Published year: 1995. Duration: 132 minutes

Robert Rath is a seasoned hitman who just wants to get out of the business with no back talk.

137. Safe House

Published year: 2012. Duration: 115 minutes

A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

138. Equilibrium

Published year: 2002. Duration: 107 minutes

In a Fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

139. Avengers

Published year: 2012. Duration: 143 minutes

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. assembles a team of superheroes to save the planet from Loki and his army.

140. Terminator 3

Published year: 2003. Duration: 109 minutes

A robotic warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travelled back in time to fight against the most advanced robotic assassin to protect a 20-year old drifter and his future wife, as well as to make sure they both survive a nuclear attack.

141. The Expandable

Published year: 2010. Duration: 103 minutes

A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.

142. Mission: Impossible III

Published year: 2006. Duration: 106 minutes

Mission Impossible III is also one of the best action movies of all time that people should not miss. Ethan Hunt comes face to face with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer while trying to keep his identity secret in order to protect his girlfriend.

143. Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Published year: 2005. Duration: 120 minutes

A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. You should not miss this out because this is one of the best action movies of all time no one should miss.

144. The Rundown

Published year: 2003. Duration: 104 minutes

Another out of best action movies of all time is the Rundown. This movie tells a story about a tough aspiring chef who is hired to bring home the son of a mobster from the Amazon but becomes involved in the search for a legendary treasure and the fight against an oppressive town operator.

145. Faster

Published year: 2010. Duration: 98 minutes

A former-con set out to avenge his brother's death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. However, during his campaign, he is tracked by an egocentric hit man and a veteran cop.

146. Con Air

Published year: 1997. Duration: 115 minutes

A newly released ex-con and former US Ranger finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.

147. Lethal Weapon 3

Published year: 1992. Duration: 118 minutes

Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue an arms dealer who is a former LAPD officer.

148. Waterworld

Published year: 1995. Duration: 135 minutes

In a future where most of the Earth is underwater because the polar ice caps have melted, a mutated mariner outlaws “smokers” and fights starvation. He reluctantly helps a young girl and a woman find dry land.

149. El Mariachi

Published year: 1992. Duration: 81 minutes

A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.

150. Unleashed

Published year: 2005. Duration: 103 minutes

A man enslaved by the mob since childhood and raised into behaving like a human attack dog escapes his captors and attempts to start a new life.

151. Banlieue 13

Published year: 2004. Duration: 84 minutes

Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.

152. Lethal Weapon 2

Published year: 1989. Duration: 114 minutes

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities. After Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2 is also one out of the best action movies of all time that people should never miss in this century!

152. Predator

Published year: 1987 . Duration: 107 minutes

A team of commandos, on a mission in a Central American jungle, find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.

154. First Blood

Published year: 1982 . Duration: 93 minutes

A Vietnam Veteran uses his combat skills against the lawman of a small town when they arrest and abuse him.

155. The Bourne Identity

Published year: 2002. Duration: 119 minutes

Best quote: “You’re U.S. government property—you’re a malfunctioning $30 million weapon.”

Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper

Director:Doug Liman

A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia.

156. Hitman

Published year: 2007. Duration: 100 minutes

A gun-for-hire called Agent 47 is hired by a group called ‘The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, finding him pursued by both the Russian military and Interpol because he treks across Eastern Europe and Russia. This is also one of the best action movies of all time that you will ever find.

157. Fast Five

Published year: 2011. Duration: 130 minutes

Dominic Toretto and his street racers crew plan a great heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a dangerous federal agent and a powerful Brazilian drug lord.

Murtaugh – a veteran cop – is partnered with Riggs – a young suicidal cop. Both of them hate working in pairs. Now they have to learn to work together to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

160. In The Line Of Fire

Published year: 1993. Duration: 128 minutes

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

161. The Bourne Supremacy

Published year: 2004. Duration: 108 minutes

When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive.

162. Enter The Dragon

Published year: 1973. Duration: 102 minutes

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as a “cover”.

163. Spider-Man 2

Published year: 2004. Duration: 107 minutes

Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.

164. Vantage Point

Published year: 2008 . Duration: 90minutes

The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

165. Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

Published year: 2011. Duration: 129 minutes

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down professor Moriarty – their fiercest adversary.

166. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

Published year: 2011. Duration: 154 minutes

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.

167. Looper

Published year: 2012. Duration: 119 minutes

In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits – someone like Joe – who one day knows that the mob wants to ‘close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

168. Live Free Or Die Hard

Published year: 2007. Duration: 128 minutes

John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C. If you want to find out the best action movies of all time, Live Free Or Die Hard is among them

169. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

Published year: 2002. Duration: 179 minutes

While Sam and Frodo edge closer to Mordor with the shifty Gollum’s support, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Saruman – Sauron's new ally, and his hordes of Isengard.

170. Running Scared

Published year: 2006. Duration: 122 minutes

A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops. However, everything gets out of control when the gun falls into wrong hands.

171. Lethal Weapon 4

Published year: 1998. Duration: 127 minutes

With age weighing and personal crises in on them, LAPD Murtaugh and officers Riggs have to contend with a deadly Chinese crimelord to rescue his brother from the prison. This is also one of the best action movies of all time that people should try!

172. Spider-Man

Published year: 2002. Duration: 121 minutes

When being bitten by a genetically modified spider, an awkward, shy, and nerdy high-school student gets the abilities of spiders that he eventually can use to fight evils. This is also one of the best action movies of all time that people should not miss!

173. The World's End

Published year: 2013. Duration: 109 minutes

5 friends who reunite try to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become the single hope for survival of humankind.

174. Kick-Ass

Published year: 2010. Duration: 107 minutes

Dave Lizewski is just a comic book fan and a mediocre high school student. One day, he decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no training, powers, or meaningful reasons to do this.

175. Die Hard 2

Published year: 1990. Duration: 124 minutes

John McClane, the hero of the Nakatomi Hostage Crisis and the officer of the NYPD, tries to avert disaster when rogue military officials rob management of Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C.

176. Midnight Run

Published year: 1988. Duration: 126 minutes

An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.

177. The Boondock Saints

Published year: 1999. Duration: 108 minutes

Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.

178. 16 Blocks

Published year: 2006. Duration: 105 minutes

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse.

179. Spider-Man 3

Published year: 2007. Duration: 136 minutes

A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and caused inner turmoil when he contends with new revenge, temptations, and villains. After Spider Man 1 and 2, Spider Man 3 is also one of the best action movies of all time that is especially attractive to children and young adults.

180. The Matrix Revolutions

Published year: 2003. Duration: 129 minutes

The Zion’s human city fights against the massive invasion of the machines when Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

181. The Score

Published year: 2001. Duration: 124 minutes

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

182. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Published year: 2010. Duration: 112 minutes

Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.

183. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

Published year: 2003. Duration: 201 minutes

Aragorn and Gandalf lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Sam and Frodo because they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

184. Machete

Published year: 2010. Duration: 105 minutes

After being betrayed by the man, who hired him to kill a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale reveals a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

185. Spy Game

Published year: 2001. Duration: 126 minutes

Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while fighting against agency politics to rescue him from his Chinese captors. This movie is fun, interesting, so it is considered one of the best action movies of all time that everyone should try.

186. Crank

Published year: 2006. Duration: 88 minutes

Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.

187. Batman Begins

Published year: 2005. Duration: 140 minutes

After being trained with his mentor, Batman starts fighting against crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the League of Shadows and the Scarecrow have cast upon it.

188. Grindhouse

Published year: 2007. Duration: 191 minutes

2 full length feature horror movies written by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino put together as a 2-film feature. It provides fake movie trailers in between both movies.

189. Mission: Impossible II

Published year: 2000. Duration: 123 minutes

A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called “Chimera”.This is also one of the best action movies of all time that people should try!

190. Taken

Published year: 2008. Duration: 93 minutes

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

191. Heat

Published year: 1995. Duration: 170 minutes

A group of pro bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they leave a clue at their latest heist without being aware.

192. Enemy Of The State

Published year: 1998. Duration: 132 minutes

A lawyer is targeted by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally gets the important evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.

193. Sherlock Holmes

Published year: 2009. Duration: 128 minutes

Sherlock Holmes – a talented detective and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a fight of brawn and wits with a nemesis whose plot is a danger to all of England. Sherlock Holms is actually a character that attracts people at any age, from children to elderly. Therefore, this is one of the best action movies of all time and that is cannot refused!

194. Ronin

Published year: 1998. Duration: 122 minutes

Best quote: “Everyone’s your brother till the rent comes due.”

Cast: Natascha McElhone, Jean Reno, Robert De Niro

Director: John Frankenheimer

A freelancing former intelligence agent of the United States tried to track down a mysterious package that is desired by both the Russians and the Irish.

195. True Lies

Published year: 1994. Duration: 141 minutes

The killer scene: The guns-blazing helicopter chase across the Florida Keys’ seven-mile bridge

Best quote: “Can you hurry up? My horse is getting tired.”

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton

Director: James Cameron

Harry Tasker is a secret agent of the US Government. He has kept his job from his wife for many years. However, he is forced to expose his identity and tries to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by the terrorists.

196. Terminator

Published year: 1984. Duration: 107 minutes

Being sent from 2029 to 1984, a human-looking indestructible cyborg is on the mission of assassinating a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in the fight against the machines in the future, and a soldier from that war is sent to save her.

197. RoboCop

Published year: 1987. Duration: 102 minutes

In a crime-ridden and dystopic Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returned to the force like a powerful cyborg that is haunted by submerged memories.

198. Die Hard: With A Vengeance

Published year: 1995. Duration: 131 minutes

A Harlem store owner and John McClane are targeted by Simon Gruber – a German terrorist – in New York, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve building.

199. Avatar

Published year: 2009. Duration: 162 minutes

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora in a special mission becomes confused between protecting the world he feels as his home and following his orders.

200. Desperado

Published year: 1995. Duration: 104 minutes

A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.

201. The Matrix Reloaded

Published year: 2003. Duration: 138 minutes

Neo and the rebel leaders estimated that they just have 72 hours until 250,000 probes find out Zion and destroy it, as well as Zion’s inhabitants. During this, Neo has to decide how he can rescue Trinity from a dark fate in his dream.

202. Die Hard

Published year: 1988. Duration: 131 minutes

John McClane is the officer of the NYPD. He tried to save wife Holly Gennaro and many others, taken hostage by Hans Gruber – a German terrorist – during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza, Los Angeles.

203. Face/Off

Published year: 1997. Duration: 138 minutes

To bar an extortion scheme, an FBI agent undergoes a face-transplant surgery and assumes the physical appearance and identity of a ruthless terrorist. However, the plan backfires when the criminal impersonates the cop with the same technic.

204. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Published year: 2001. Duration: 178 minutes

A meek hobbit of the Shire and 8 companions are on a journey to Mount Doom to destroy the dark lord Sauron and the One Ring.

205. Apocalypto

Published year: 2006. Duration: 139 minutes

When the Mayan kingdom faces its degeneration, the rulers indicate that the key to prosperity is offering human sacrifices and building more temples. Jaguar Paw, a young man who is captured for sacrifice, bolts to avoid his fate.

206. Mission: Impossible

Published year: 1996. Duration: 110 minutes

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

207. Casino Royale

Published year: 2006. Duration: 144 minutes

Secret agent James Bond, who is armed with a license to kill, sets out his first mission as 007, and he has to defeat a weapon dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale. However, everything is not what they seem.

208. Serpico

Published year: 1973. Duration: 130 minutes

The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

209. Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai

Published year: 1999. Duration: 116 minutes

An African American mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

210. The Fugitive

Published year: 1993. Duration: 130 minutes

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt.

211. Hot Fuzz

Published year: 2007. Duration: 121 minutes

Exceptional London cop Nicholas Angel is transferred to a quaint English village involuntarily and paired with a witless new partner. Meanwhile, Nicholas suspects a sinister conspiracy is afoot with the residents.

212. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Published year: 2004. Duration: 137 minutes

The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her boss and lover Bill, the treacherous, one-eyed Elle, and the reclusive bouncer Budd.

213. The Matrix

Published year: 1999. Duration: 136 minutes

A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

214. The Dark Knight Rises

Published year: 2012. Duration: 165 minutes

8 Years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight has to return to defend Gotham City and fight the ruthless mercenary Bane and the enigmatic jewel thief Catwoman because the city teeters on the brink of entire annihilation.

215. The Bourne Ultimatum

Published year: 2007. Duration: 115 minutes

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

216. Minority Report

Published year: 2002. Duration: 145 minutes

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

217. Terminator 2

Published year: 1991. Duration: 137 minutes

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John, from a more advanced cyborg, made out of liquid metal.

218. Gladiator

Published year: 2000. Duration: 155 minutes

When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

219. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Published year: 2003. Duration: 111 minutes

The Bride wakes up from a 4-year coma. The child she carried in her womb is gone. Now she has to wreak vengeance on the assassin team who betrayed her – a team she used to work and live with.

220. Inception

Published year: 2010. Duration: 148 minutes

A skilled extractor is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible.

221. Where Eagle Dare

The first out of the list of best action movies of all time 2014 that I want to list down here is “Where Eagle Dare”. A single movie is impossible to go past. Nevertheless, this is the Clint Eastwood/Richard Burton all-time classic. “Where Eagles Dare” is a Quentin Tarantino’s favorite men-on-a-mission film – an ultimate action hybrid. It is an all action-adventure, part war, and part spy thriller movie. “Where Eagles Dare” tells a story about an allied agent team, holding the mission of infiltrating a Nazi castle on a snowy mountain top castle and rescuing an American officer who is captured.

222. The Dark Knight

Published year: 2008. Duration: 152 minutes

When Harvey Dent, Gordon, and Batman launch an assault on the mob, they will let the clown out of the box. The Joker, bent on bringing any heroes down to his level and turning Gotham on itself.

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